Spain has a long judicial history in fight against terrorism. This history has been studied and analysed by the literature, especially after 1978 Constitution, which has tried to find an story that would be able to reconcile fight against terrorism with the respect for guarantees and fundamental rights. It was not possible in part because of the institutional, legal and officialdom continuity that entails the Spanish Transition in reference to the judicial machineries of dictatorship and of the constitutional system. Thereby, exceptionality regime come in throw the back door, producing a clearly expansive background of the Criminal Law of the Enemy in the fight against GRAPO, anarchism and, especially, ETA and “abertzale” surroundings. It’s famous the “slippery slope” of devaluation of rights and guarantees, that is produced when exceptionality becomes the norm. Nowadays, this model faces to another perspective concerning to its suitability in the fight against jihadist terrorism.

Salellas and Associates is a small law firm based in Girona and it draws on the experience gained by the firm's fouonder, attorney and activist Sebastià Salellas i Magret. We offer advocacy and advisory services in the fields of criminal, civil, family and administrative law.

In the criminal case prepared in the court in Girona for the ocupation of a whole flat in Salt by Plataforma d'Afectats per la Hipoteca (PAH), the European Court of Human Rights decides an interin mesure and stops the eviction in order to protecte the families. The resolution of the ECHR in Spanish and in English.